$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  125 of 520

Level 12 has come to an end, and the players have begun their 40-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 7:10 pm EST.

With 126 players remaining from a field of 520, the average chip stack is about 82,500 (33 big blinds). The final 65 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $1,740 each.

$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining:  130 of 520

The player in the small blind got it all in preflop for about 60,000 with , but needed to improve to stay alive against the of Long Nguyen, who was UTG+1.

The board came , and the aces held up for Nguyen to win the pot and eliminate his opponent from the tournament.

Long Nguyen  –  140,000  (70 bb)

With about 130 players remaining from a field of 520, the average chip stack is about 80,000 (40 big blinds). The final 65 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $1,740 each.

$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 11:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Players Remaining:  160 of 520

Katie Stone has worn many different hats in her life (figuratively speaking), from being a young ball girl for Houston Rockets to an entrepreneur starting a company that created chess camps for kids to a professional poker player to becoming a poker instructor for LearnWPT.

Stone has been making the trip down to Hollywood, Florida to play in more of our events recently, and we’re always happy to see her in our fields.

With about 160 players remaining from a field of 520, the average chip stack is about 65,000 (43 big blinds). The final 65 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $1,740 each.

$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 10:  500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Players Remaining:  220 of 520

T.K. Miles moved all in from middle position for 23,500, and Scott Wright moved all in from the button for 22,000 with .

Miles turned over , and Wright needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came — Miles flopped an open-ended straight draw and paired his queen on the river, but it wasn’t enough. The pocket kings held up for Wright to win the pot and double up in chips.

Miles was knocked down to a single big blind.

Scott Wright  –  47,500  (32 bb)
T.K. Miles  –  1,500  (1 bb)

The next hand, Miles called all in UTG+1 for 1,500, Dalis Gomez raised from middle position to 3,500, and Joe McKeehen called from the big blind.

There was 6,000 in the main pot (what Miles qualified for), and another 4,000 in the side pot.

The flop came , McKeehen checked, Gomez bet 2,000, and McKeehen folded. Gomez took the side pot.

For the main pot, Miles turned over for jack high, and he needed to catch something runner-runner to stay alive against Gomez’s (pair of aces).

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Gomez won the pot with two pair, aces and queens, to eliminate Miles from the tournament.

Dalis Gomez  –  140,000  (93 bb)
T.K. Miles  –  Eliminated

With about 220 players remaining from a field of 520, the average chip stack is about 47,500 (32 big blinds).

$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Entries:  520

The players return from break to begin Level 9, with increased blinds of 500-1,000, and a big blind ante of 1,000.

Registration is now closed, and the tournament clock shows an unofficial field size of 00000. As soon as the official numbers are released, we will post them here in the updates.

A scan of the field during the break turned up three players with at least 130K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Joseph Cheong  –  203,000  (203 bb)
2.  Conrad Simpson  –  170,000  (170 bb)
3.  Jon Borenstein  –  131,000  (131 bb)

With about 270 players remaining from a field of 520, the average chip stack is about 38,500 (39 big blinds).

$400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 281

Gary Herstein raised from the button to 200,000 (leaving himself just 10K behind), and Tom Starkey called from the small blind.

The flop came , Starkey moved all in, and Herstein called all in for 10,000 with for ace high.

But Starkey turned over for ace high with a lower kicker, and Herstein was actually a big favorite to double up.

The turn card was the , and the river card was — the .

Starkey spiked a nine on the river to win the pot with a pair of nines, eliminating Herstein in seventh place.

Tom Starkey  –  1,130,000  (38 bb)
Gary Herstein  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($3,150)

With six players remaining, the average chip stack is about 935,000 (31 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $3,750 each.

$400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 281

The next hand after the elimination of John Maness in ninth place, Paul Leckey raised from the cutoff to 80,000, Sumner Camisa moved all in from the big blind for 415,000, and Leckey called with .

Camisa turned over , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came — Leckey flopped a set of nines to Camisa’s club flush draw, but Camisa improved no further. Leckey won the pot with his set of nines to eliminate Camisa in eighth place.

Paul Leckey  –  1,770,000  (59 bb)
Sumner Camisa  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($2,615)

With seven players remaining, the average chip stack is about 805,000 (27 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $3,150 each.

$400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 281

John Maness moved all in under the gun for 250,000, and Paul Leckey called from the button with .

Maness turned over , and he was dominated as he faced elimination.

The board came , and Leckey won the pot with two pair, aces and sevens, to eliminate Maness in ninth place.

Paul Leckey  –  1,280,000  (43 bb)
John Maness  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($2,085)

With eight players remaining, the average chip stack is about 705,000 (24 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $2,615 each.

$400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 281

The final nine players have redrawn for random seats at the final table, and here are their updated seating assignments and chip counts:

Seat 1.  Blair Miller  –  335,000  (11 bb)
Seat 2.  Paul Leckey  –  1,025,000  (34 bb)
Seat 3.  Gary Herstein  –  285,000  (10 bb)
Seat 4.  Tom Starkey  –  955,000  (32 bb)
Seat 5.  John Maness  –  250,000  (8 bb)
Seat 6.  Sumner Camisa  –  455,000  (15 bb)
Seat 7.  Santana Noronha  –  235,000  (8 bb)
Seat 8.  Marc Levy  –  1,055,000  (35 bb)
Seat 9.  Mitchell Mantin  –  1,070,000  (36 bb)

And here are the payouts they’re playing for:

1st:  $20,830 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $14,365
3rd:  $9,465
4th:  $5,860
5th:  $4,525
6th:  $3,750
7th:  $3,150
8th:  $2,615
9th:  $2,085

2022 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 16
$600 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  150
Prize Pool:  $79,500
January 18, 2022

Registration has closed in the $600 Turbo No-Limit Hold’em event with 150 entries creating a prizepool worth $79,500. The final 19 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $1,390 each, and first prize is worth $21,455.

Here is the full list of payouts:

1st:  $21,455 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $13,915
3rd:  $8,190
4th:  $4,970
5th:  $3,855
6th:  $3,185
7th:  $2,785
8th:  $2,485
9th-10th:  $2,195
11th-12th:  $1,910
13th-15th:  $1,630
16th-19th:  $1,390